cristante the type of bitch to ask to be traded to get playing time and disappear off the face of the earth

We replaced him immediately after with a disloyal loanee in Van Ginkel, who was never better than what Cristante showed under Seedorf, and who would have cost more to purchase than what we made off of selling Bryan.

We replaced him immediately after with a disloyal loanee in Van Ginkel, who was never better than what Cristante showed under Seedorf, and who would have cost more to purchase than what we made off of selling Bryan.

Implying that Cristante showed something under Seedorf? He didn't get a single minute under him. The infamous Sassuolo game that got Allegri fired was his last Serie A game, and the one Tassotti game(Spezia in Coppa) was his last competitive game for Milan.

He showed in those few games and the preseason friendlies that he has an impressive shot and his technique is not that bad. But he was no way near good enough defensively for a B2B mid, and obviously not ready for the anchor role either. He needed/needs to work his way up from Serie B, because that's his level right now, but he thought he was too good for loans and even smaller Serie A clubs....so he demanded to be sold to Benfica, and got what he wanted because Silvio's Milan don't force players to stay.....annnddd unsurprisingly he was not good enough to play for Benfica either.

Agree about the Van Bieber dry loan though. One of the most embarrasing bb-ilan moments.

We replaced him immediately after with a disloyal loanee in Van Ginkel, who was never better than what Cristante showed under Seedorf, and who would have cost more to purchase than what we made off of selling Bryan.

van ginkel was betetr than cristante
and he didnt cost us anything, but a small salary.

cristante turned into bonaventura (used his $ to buy him), so this conversation is actually pointless.

How can you say that Cristante turned into Bonaventura?
Actually, he turned into Biabiany.
So, selling Cristante wasn't a good move, we bought a great player by chance.
99 times out of 100 these kind of deal turn into shit.
That said, Cristante doesn't seem as good as someone said when he was sold, hope Locatelli is a better player and will be our top midifielder of the future.

“More than ready as we prepared very well. I look forward to playing.”

There are high expectations surrounding this team.

“The team has a lot of quality. Many of us are have trained with the senior teams, and it shows. And then we have a solid group without any egos. We have everything to go a long way. We’ll work hard to win the European Championship and qualify for the World Cup.”

[Italy U21 boss Luigi] Di Biagio has also complimented you.

“I thank him. His words filled me with pride.”

Berlusconi said that among Milan’s youth team there is an extraordinary boy named Locatelli.

“I got goosebumps when I heard those words. What he said was incredible.”

And you don’t feel the pressure?

“No, no pressure. Only great pride that it is one more incentive to work, improve and grow fast.”

Mihajlovic said he wants you to play more vertically.

“He’s right (laughs). The coach is helping me so much, it’s an honour to have the opportunity to train with the first team.”

Milan believes in young people.

“Milan is the perfect place to grow. [Gianluigi] Donnarumma and [Davide] Calabria are proof of how the club is focused on giving youth a chance in the first team. Thanks to [Cristian] Brocchi I grew up, he and the Galli have incorporated a culture of work and identity that few have.”

Did you expect Donnarumma to be ready for Serie A.

“I don’t think even he expected a season like this. In short, you could see he was a great goalkeeper, but at 16 years to mind the goal in the Serie A is the stuff of phenomenons. With Gigi I have a great relationship. We both lived at the boarding school, we grew up together, and I’m super happy for him. With Donnarumma, Milan will be safe for many years.”

And Locatelli will be the new [Riccardo] Montolivo?

“I hope so. The captain is a fantastic person as well as a great champion. He gives me a lot of advice in training, and I try to take as much from him as possible when I train with him. But my hero in the Rossoneri remains Kaka. I grew up watching his exploits.”